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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 9702798" data-attributes="member: 2205">Yes, but also no. I mean, ideally people would do that for themselves, but we shouldn't ever expect anyone to do that. Preferences are what they are, people are entitled to have them, and we cannot demand that people justify them. That's why people get defensive or disengage; because it's honestly not appropriate to demand that people justify their preferences. The dynamic goes both ways.On the other hand, I personally like to examine why I like something. If I like a certain rule or have a certain playstyle preference in a game, for instance, I'd like to understand about myself what I'm hoping to accomplish, what I want the game to be like, therefore why do I like one approach and not another? I also like to understand why others may like the stuff that I don't like; if they're hoping to accomplish something else, then maybe why they like it makes perfect sense.But if I want something, and a rule that I like isn't actually the optimal way to get there and I just like it because of inertia, I'd like to understand that about myself.And then maybe I'll still prefer it anyway, because sometimes you just prefer certain things and don't have to explain it.</blockquote>